How Many People Are Named Mali?
people named Mali are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 231,248 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,495 babies named Mali in Social Security records from 1967 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
69 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "flower" in Thai.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mali, 94.1% were girls and 5.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 92.7% of the babies were girls then and 86% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mali alive today is about 16 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mali first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 2019, to 69 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Mali has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,700, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #3,953.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,953 |
| Best rank | #2,700 (2019) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,524 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mali alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mali were born in California than in any other state: about 86 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mali was given 4.2 times as often in New York and 2.5 times in California.
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